Charming Family Stories

Morning Friends,

Today I'm sharing a lovely vintage layout made from Teresa Collins Vintage Finds paper collection.  These adorable identical twins are my uncles beautiful girls, Merle and Pearl.  I love this old photo of them snuggled up together in this oversized vintage chair wearing their beautiful hand sewn Christening gowns.  Sewing has been a tradition that has been handed down from generation to generation in my family.

I hand made the rolled flowers by inking them up first with some musical stamps to grunge them up a bit.  Then I sparkled them up with some stickles.  I added several sewing embellishments including these authentic Tibetan silver scissors and vintage thread spool tops.

I used the cricut to make the pretty doily from the Paper Lace cartridge and hand sewed a straight line around the edges.  I love the vintage feel of this layout and plan to put it into my Family Heritage Album.

Thanks so much for dropping by and may I wish you a happy day!  ~ Dawna

Great Aunt Nora Circa 1800's

 

Good Morning Friends,

Today I'm posting a lovely layout of my great aunt Nora with a beautiful picture of her from the early 1800's. My Aunt Nora was married to William Fairchild in the early 1800's.  Her maiden name was Spencer.  

To create this simple vintage layout I started with a blue back ground piece, then layered a punched printed page on top.   I added a few more layers with a doily made from the Cricut using the Paper Lace cartridge and added a simple white Wilton doily.  I matted and framed a few wonderful vintage images from A Ladies Diary paper collection from Graphic 45.   I handmade the pink flower with pearl center, die cut the leaves, and added a few rolled roses to finish the flower cluster.  I added a corner chipboard for a little extra depth and interest.  Then as a final touch, I added the birdcage and a few birds in flight.  

Just a few close ups I hope you'll enjoy:

 Handmade flower detail with stickpin:

Thank you so much for dropping by my gallery may you have a wonderful day! 

A Ladies Diary Purse Mini Album for ilovepapilions

Good morning friends,

Today I'm bring you a creation I made for my secret sister, Ilovepapalions (aka Glenda), for a swap that Martica at sb.com is hosting.  I really enjoyed working with these beautiful Graphic 45 papers.  Each page of this purse has one embellished page and a companion page with a tri-fold photo holder with room for 2 large photos and a journaling spot.  Each tri-fold closes securely with Velcro.  I do hope you enjoy this little treasure:

Thank you for dropping by my gallery today dear friends!  Till next time...scrap happy!